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nasab

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English

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Etymology

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From Arabic نسب (literally lineage).

Noun

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nasab (plural nasabs)

  1. An Arab patronymic or matronymic.

Maltese

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Root
n-s-b
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic نَصَبَ (naṣaba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nasab (imperfect jonsob, past participle minsub, verbal noun nsib)

  1. (intransitive with għal) to hunt for birds by trapping
  2. (transitive) to set (a trap)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to trick, frame, to try to cheat by means of a ruse

Conjugation

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Conjugation of nasab
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m nsabt nsabt nasab nsabna nsabtu nasbu
f nasbet
imperfect m nonsob tonsob jonsob nonsbu tonsbu jonsbu
f tonsob
imperative onsob onsbu